HP Envy x360 2 in 1 laptop/tablet thingy with AMD Ryzen processor.
Anyone got one and wanna share good/bad/indifferent things?
Anyone got one and wanna share good/bad/indifferent things?
Maggie’s Somewhat decided on a new laptop for general use (not gaming, I'm a grown-up)... HP Envy x360 2 in 1 ... ??
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I have had Macbook Pros for the last decade now, Recently broke the screen and the repair cost was over $1k. I ended up getting a HP x360 2n1 chromebook model#
If you don't need Microsoft specific programs I would give it a look. Under $500 on amazon and has a premium feel comparable to my macbook. It has been alot faster on the web then the mid 2015 mbp. Handles all my computer based office needs, plenty of app's. With it being a chromebook plus all of the android apps are available on it versus the more limited apps on a basic chromebook. Battery life has been good at 5+ hours per charge also.
I know you asked about the envy but just throwing this out there, I am done giving apple $3k every 4 or 5 years for a new one and repairs are ridiculous.
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If you don't need Microsoft specific programs I would give it a look. Under $500 on amazon and has a premium feel comparable to my macbook. It has been alot faster on the web then the mid 2015 mbp. Handles all my computer based office needs, plenty of app's. With it being a chromebook plus all of the android apps are available on it versus the more limited apps on a basic chromebook. Battery life has been good at 5+ hours per charge also.
I know you asked about the envy but just throwing this out there, I am done giving apple $3k every 4 or 5 years for a new one and repairs are ridiculous.
That's a great price, but I'm weary of having a Google-based operating system.
What do you plan on using it for? I made the switch to linux almost 2 years ago now. Battery life is great, my 2013 laptop is snappy again, and for actual work it's been great.
The learning curve isn't that difficult and my computer doesn't tell me it has to update in the middle of doing my job, and it doesn't spy on me.
The learning curve isn't that difficult and my computer doesn't tell me it has to update in the middle of doing my job, and it doesn't spy on me.
About `8 months ago, I got an LG Gram. Best Laptop ever. No touch screen, but I use a keyboard anyway.
Light. Great screen. Not a bank breaker. Great for writing and surfing. Not a gamer, I don't think.
Downside, it's probably made in China. Then again, what isn't?
Cheers,
Sirhr
Light. Great screen. Not a bank breaker. Great for writing and surfing. Not a gamer, I don't think.
Downside, it's probably made in China. Then again, what isn't?
Cheers,
Sirhr
Been using 2 levono laptops for the last 5 years. One touch screen one not. I use them for automotive diagnostics so they get carried and bounced around a lot and I have had zero issues. The touch screen one was around $1000. The other is a $250 one that I put a $150 SSD in and it is just as fast. With old HDD it took over 90 seconds to boot up. With SSD it boots in around 16 seconds.
I love Linux based for an internet browser computer. There really isn't much I use windows for.
I have shifted to browser isolation for web surfing. Firefox is ok for general purposes, I use Chrome for any Google services like YouTube Gmail, I just started looking in to brave for Facebook use.
I have shifted to browser isolation for web surfing. Firefox is ok for general purposes, I use Chrome for any Google services like YouTube Gmail, I just started looking in to brave for Facebook use.
General interwebs surfing, The Hide, stream movies, some (maybe more than some) porn, MS Office suite programs for work and shit.
Standard equipment.
A few years ago, we changed over to Linux here. Towers, laptop, and tablets. Libre Office has done anything that we've needed so-far, with regards to anything previously used by MS Office.
We've had far-fewer issues, we've had practically NO 'slow-downs' or interruptions because of updates/upgrades. Comparatively, it just seems to us that everything runs faster, smoother, and I don't know why everyone doesn't change. But, to each their own.
We've had far-fewer issues, we've had practically NO 'slow-downs' or interruptions because of updates/upgrades. Comparatively, it just seems to us that everything runs faster, smoother, and I don't know why everyone doesn't change. But, to each their own.
Ive got a cheaper Lenovo and love it. As you said it boots and operates quickly but limited internal storage. Whatever you buy, check with Best Buy. Often you can get things for nothing down and a longterm 0% finance charge, and 14 days no questions asked return if youre not happy with it.. With deals like that why pay your cash. I just do an auto debit and never think about it.
Lenovo took over the Thinkpad line from IBM a while back. The quality isn't quite as good as it used to be, but they're still some of the best business-oriented machines on the market. I'm on an old T560 for work and it's still trucking along for all the types of things you mentioned. I'm not running linux on this one, but getting network drivers to work properly was an issue running Ubuntu on an older Thinkpad. I've heard the recent distros are a lot easier on that front, but haven't tried installing them yet. When it's not all pandemicy out I travel a ton for work living out of a backpack/vehicle and they hold up great to the abuse. If you end up running windows, search for how to remove software bloat from the laptop. Lenovo puts a goodly amount of bullshit on theirs.
Plus there's a clitmouse. Clitmice rule.
Plus there's a clitmouse. Clitmice rule.
Your cannons.
got one from Costco for the kids back in October, before it had the $80 off
So far pretty good, it's been dropped twice from desk height with no apparent damage. Snappy performance and nice crisp screen.
So far pretty good, it's been dropped twice from desk height with no apparent damage. Snappy performance and nice crisp screen.
Hi,
Whatever you get just run everything on independent external hard drives so that essentially nothing but factory default is on the laptop itself.
1 hard drive for generic www surfing.
1 hard drive for nothing but work.
1 hard drive for lil bit of porn.
1 hard drive for conspiracy .gov searches.
1 hard drive exclusively for any banking....go to no other website.
Sincerely,
Theis
Whatever you get just run everything on independent external hard drives so that essentially nothing but factory default is on the laptop itself.
1 hard drive for generic www surfing.
1 hard drive for nothing but work.
1 hard drive for lil bit of porn.
1 hard drive for conspiracy .gov searches.
1 hard drive exclusively for any banking....go to no other website.
Sincerely,
Theis
Maybe PC's have gotten better overtime with viruses. I just know that my kid back in the day fried my dell xps in about 2 days from surfing the net I'm guessing porn and other share sites. I've run apple since, although expensive I've never had a problem with Viruses on Macs.
When you say "fried" do you more correctly mean the Microsoft Windows operating system got all messed up like it is wont to do & needed a good old fashioned delete the partition / boot sectors and re-install from scratch?
It fried the motherboard. I remembered hearing the fans running extremely hard and loud and I think it overheated. I sent it in and was told it needed a new mother board.
Not sure. The thing sounded like it was trying to take off.
No experience what that model, but own several HP laptops in the house and as a brand, typically pretty solid.
For the light use you indicate, that Envy appears to have a Ryzen 5, 8 gb memory and 256 SSD, so will probably be a fine machine for what you intend; the only two quibble I would have is possibly a little low on memory (prefer 16 gb minimum if you have to run Win10, I can use 8 gb for Win7 though) and if you store lots of files and/or install lots of programs, the 256 gb drive might be a bit short, but SSD is very fast access which you will notice for sure at boot and program launches.
For the light use you indicate, that Envy appears to have a Ryzen 5, 8 gb memory and 256 SSD, so will probably be a fine machine for what you intend; the only two quibble I would have is possibly a little low on memory (prefer 16 gb minimum if you have to run Win10, I can use 8 gb for Win7 though) and if you store lots of files and/or install lots of programs, the 256 gb drive might be a bit short, but SSD is very fast access which you will notice for sure at boot and program launches.
4K porn does that to older MBs
if you want to experiment with linux you can buy a windows machine and spin up a VM and try it out.
4K porn does that to older MBs
if you want to experiment with linux you can buy a windows machine and spin up a VM and try it out.
Or just boot from a USB key based Live distro and go from there.
